[PDF] Top 20 Depression and drug utilization in an elderly population

... geriatric depression is usually reactive to medical distressing conditions (Hybels et al ...adverse drug reactions (Schmader et al 2004; Williams et al ... See full document

... of depression significantly decreased. The elderly population with DSSI (21- 25) experienced lower chance of having depressive symptoms ...the elderly widowed population experienced ... See full document

... of depression is therefore essential for promoting social health, QoL, and SWB among the elderly ...of depression, the distribution of the environmental, physical, and social risk factors (the biop- ... See full document

... in depression, can lead to metabolic changes ...with depression symptoms, such as physical inactivity and poor diet, may affect obesity and metabolic disorders in the body of elderly ... See full document

... the elderly population, working is a protective factor against depression, incapacity and frailty, helping on keeping the well-being, preserving the cognitive functions and the independence in the ... See full document

... to depression by many ways (including genetic (55), neurotransmitter mediated (55), shared environmental factors as shown in a study by Kendler et al) (56), and COPD being a chronic disease can itself cause ... See full document

... an elderly population and their relation to life situations in home ...200 elderly of 4 nursing homes in Heraklion of ...method. Depression was quantified using the Zung Self-Rating ... See full document

... of elderly in the world, according to estimates of the World Health Or- ganization (WHO) until 2050 will increase ± 600 million to 2 billion elderly and Asia is the region most experienced changes in the ... See full document

... monitoring drug use indicators and clinical ...potential drug interactions, trends in prevalence and determinants of potentially inappropriate medica- tion use based on the Beer’s Criteria among the ... See full document

... of elderly with mental and behavioural health problems will nearly quadruple, from 4 million in 1970 to 15 million in ...all depression, adversely affect physical health and ability to function, especially ... See full document

... The elderly population in Malaysia is growing ...this population to aid clinicians and policy makers in addressing the needs of this ...and depression in elderly care home residents in ... See full document

... poor utilization of triptans for ...triptans utilization in a large sample, covering 1/10 of Italian popula- tion ...investigated drug prescription data- base collected during 2006 from 33 health ... See full document

... adverse drug effects among geographical regions, types of hospitals, or patient ...adverse drug events in the ...identifying drug-specific adverse ... See full document

... DED is prevalent in older adults. Older adults are particularly susceptible to inadequate tear production because of lacrimal gland dysfunction, altered re fl ex secre- tion, diminished corneal sensation, or in fl ammatory ... See full document

... As shown above, the most prominent problem in Antibiotics prophylaxis utilization in the target medical center is the non-compliance of selection and duration of antibiotics to the applicable guidelines. This ... See full document

... medium-variant population projections of the United Nations show that the number of older persons will increase from 672 million in 2005 (or ...world population) to around 2 billion people in 2050 (or ... See full document

... a large population study performed in US, found that 42.6% of persons had dealt with at least one PIP. With regard to NH patients, on the other hand, the high amount of PIPs may be due to the elevated number of ... See full document

... A recent study found a slight increase in sudden car- diac death with TCA doses greater than 100 mg per day (Ray et al 2004). The study examined a retrospective cohort of 1487 patients with confi rmed sudden cardiac death ... See full document

... Inferential data analysis, which attempts to compare mean utilization per age and sex group, was performed using Student's t-test for independent samples. In order to be able to use this parametric contrast, we ... See full document

... There is a need to highlight the medical, psycho social and socio economic problems that are being faced by the elderly in India, and strategies for bringing about an improvement in their quality of life also need ... See full document